Nate's Book Reviews

By Nate Feldman  Calvin gets a letter allegedly from Santa Claus telling him he has seven days to change his behavior if he wants to be on the "nice" list.  The letter suggests that he become nicer to animals around him and provide them with snacks.  However, when he looks at the letter more carefully, he realizes it is from "Santa Claws," or Hobbes.  So, instead of giving Hobbes a snack, he wants to give him a "knuckle sandwich."

By Nate Feldman Moshe and Chona, a Jewish couple, live in the Chicken Hill section of Pottstown, PA.  He owns a popular theatre in town for music performances, and her family were the owners of the Heaven and Earth Grocery Store.  Originally, many Jews lived in Chicken Hill, but most have left, and the area is predominantly African American.   A local African American couple work for them.  They bring in a deaf nephew, whose mother was killed, to be protected by the authorities who want to put him away in a local institution with a horrible reputation for patient abuse.  When the nephew is discovered, and Chona dies, the local community plans to help him escape the institution.